Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13
POPULAR SCIENCE.
vI,, Of Interest Gathered From Many
SOurces.

SOurceSs
IN make strong cement mix some
ACKNOWLEDGED rice with cold water, so
81 to form q soft paste. Add boiling
wste-, snd f2ally Ooii the mixture N
Dsn for one or two minutes.
The costing Of g rubber umbrella or a
g9rs.mer cloak OR cost may be mended
6v soDlying s preparation OF damsr var
pjsb and aspnaltum with little turpen-
ane in S5out cquSl quantities.
The pruning CT vines has oeen investi-
gated BIZ II. Mueller, who fnds that the
rropgr time il while the fruit is ripening,
s0d that the young shoots should be cut,
IS their development reqRlres much
sugar.
The strength Of shafts or bars of iron
is, for bending and twisting strains, as
the cuoes Of their diameter Thus,
tEO-Inch shat is eight times IS strong as
q one inch shaft, Waile three inch SHAFT
B tEenty-seYen times as strong.
The latest cure for consumption is that
advocated by NJ Garcin before the Paris
Academic de Medicine, which consists in
the inhalation of faOhgdric acid. The
patient remains for an hour daily II
cabinet Of SIX cubic metres capacity, the
sir Of which Is saturated with haohydric
acid.
A new ides Is thst OF an English me-
Chsnic VINO, in the English Mechanic and
World Of Science, describes 8 device for
ding fat surfaces "easily and quickly
HcOnsists Of q framework fixed on the
bench behind the wise, and By means OF
which 3 small wooden roller is pressed
upOa the tl.e over the center OF the sur
face ceiEg fled.
The old-tme bell rope that has for
years adorned the ceiling OF all cars is to
De supplantcd by & concealed wire cor
neCted with push buttons, inside and
outside the CT, only S touch. being needed
to give the signal. Should g coupling
break The electric connection is severed,
and the gong in the cab warns the .engi-
neer Of the fact. A test apparatus has
Oeen made on an Erie passenger traip,
and found to work perfectly Electrical
Review. >
Alamp hss recently been on exhibition
IN the English House of Commons which
consists Of s small portable battery. GEe
lamp shown was calculated to burn, with
sAght Of two and hsf candles, t&elve
AouFS, at cost OF, penny, and the ZINC
plate, which would also cost pennyk
would have TO be charged every twentyt
I'VE dsys. It is designed for railroad car
I2seS, omni0uses and mines. Lampg OF
Tue same pattern Of fve-csndle power are
made Tor use in rooms. They last eighteen
hours st q cost Of 3 pence.
The YaR Rysselberghe system, which
permits Of utilizing the same wire for
~Iegrspnlc and telephone communica-
uon, Is applied to over 5000 miles of line,
VI winch nearly 1900 miles are in Belgium,
aOout $500 miles in France, about soc
u Germany, and the rest in Austria,
pMarla, Denmark, SPAN, Holland, Switz
eI'Saa and Wurtemburg. The system is
- process, or is prpjs cted, some 500
. alles N addition to the above, some o.
S pSSe Il ensions being in Turkey, Russia
'!Umania, Portugal and Iraly.
very little drunkenness appears on the
fisIlsce Ia Russia, where the kind @.
o.Aaoy Known IS vodki is consumed tx
"a enormous extent. It is the drink q
AZ nom the infant to the old people, who
@AN IL inst country an extraordinary
sc, IN the whole Russian EmDire, VIII
~ eSs than 20 900 of the number dyiEl
lily, third part OF toe OBITUARY are
T I51 OF 50 years Of sge; 900 are abov;
iS SS years CT age, from 80 TO 55 are above
wears, % upward of $50 years, s ar'
.,oIe than l55 years Of Gge, and or
Years. N''-- ---
che Inc tarnish which is apt to sppear o.
ttteGTo plated goods CAP, according L
oe ooston Journal OF Commerce, be re
CIV ~Usea by dipping the article in picsl
ta. 'ae following composition. Rain VS.
~, TWO gallons sud potassium cyanure
ir ue-halt pound dissolve together, and ii
Ts so stone Jug or ar and close tightly
Nc article, after having been Immersed
Os4 De taken out and thoroughly rinse
cI, several waters, then dried with fu
Gee ssWdust. Tsrnlshed jeTelry CO
'eu4y De restored by this process; bI
careful to thoroughly remove the alki
- U'herwise it will corrode the goods.
chectricity was first discovered by
TteeX philosopher or student name
Isles OF Miletus, about GOO B. c., en-
ooa Theophrsstus, 321 B. c., and Pllin,
:. a. d., mention the power of amber /
stTact dry leaves. DIR. Gilbert of Co
saester, may be considered the found,
tne science 1540 TO 1909, as he ar
PEARS 10 have been the first TO careful
Fpeat the observations of the ancien
S8pply them to philosophical invest
%. Boyle (l627 to l69D, Won GHe